Rated 3.5 / 5 stars2011-10-04 16:49:46

Not just a Collapse! clone

I thought this was going to be a generic clone of Collapse! with a Halloween skin.

I was wrong.

To begin with, the animated blocks are very nice looking and give the game a chaotic feel to it. And unlike other block-dropping games, this game gets hard very quickly. Combined with the other visual effects like the purple lighting and you see how visually arresting the game is. This isn't always a good thing, though -- my eyes got tired after a quick game. There's just so much going on at once.

The gameplay is standard Collapse!, but with a twist: you can click blocks that are connected diagonally -- not just horizontally or vertically. This allows for some fast thinking and crazy chains in addition to essentially making the game a cut above other generic copies of this game model.

The power-ups were nice too, but I found using them to be a tad distracting. I like how you can designate where and when they take effect, but using them requires you to take your eyes off the stack and drag the icon to where you want it to go. It's difficult and it makes it hard to use them strategically.

All and all, this is an above-average game and well deserving of Newgrounds' Halloween 2011 collection. Good work!